aureola

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My theory is that there is a human aureola.

From Time Magazine Archive

About the fifth day an aureola of inflammation forms around the pocks, from a quarter of an inch to two inches in extent, and the inflamed area may be somewhat sore.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin

From her crown of beryl, from her heart of ruby, the rays shot forth, shone out her fear-inspiring aureola and streamed over the town and in the air, eclipsing the sun, which turned pale.

From Psyche by Couperus, Louis

These are the things that bind us to London, and which make the aureola of light that hangs over it at night time seem a crown of glory.

From My Unknown Chum by Fairbanks, Charles Bullard

“I will remember,” he said, looking up to meet the pleading eyes of the Child: but, lo! the whole face had melted into the aureola; nothing was left but light.

From Fairy Book by May, Sophie